diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 5642de7f8be75acafecb98e48a5a872518b1eb06..92bd7fafcce66bbc0d7b7134e6c0937d14765577 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -871,6 +871,17 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_find(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find_by_type(unsigned int type)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu *pmu;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(pmu, &pmus, list)
+		if (pmu->type == type)
+			return pmu;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__scan(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 1edd214b75a56a4f929ed8cf1577ef69897d4ec6..cb6fbec50313326af5c718b8e42701d842b3bbf6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
 };
 
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find(const char *name);
+struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find_by_type(unsigned int type);
 int perf_pmu__config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 		     struct list_head *head_terms,
 		     struct parse_events_error *error);